After nearly a full year in our fleet, can we start drawing conclusions on our Four Seasons Honda Fit Sport? Yes -- and senior Web editor Phil Floraday can narrow it down to a few highlights.

"Some cars age very well, and generate thousands upon thousands of words detailing every minute spent in our fleet," he writes. "I think our Fit can be summed up with a short list. It works well in cities, but needs six forward gears to help with highway cruising noise. Doesn't seem very appealing with gas hovering around $2.30 per gallon, but will seem like a fantastic idea once gas prices skyrocket."

At that price point, so too will virtually every subcompact. Thus far, the Fit has been one of the best subcompact cars offered in North America, but Ford's launching its 2011 Fiesta stateside later this year, and the manufacturer is clearly gunning for Honda.

"I was at a Fiesta event the other week," writes associate editor Eric Tingwall, "where they showed a host of benchmarking data that placed the [Toyota] Yaris, Fit, and Fiesta on scales between two subjective points. Interestingly it looks like Ford is targeting noise and ride comfort as two areas where the Fiesta will outperform the Fit."

Tingwall also notes the Fiesta needs to be dynamically better than the Fit, because Ford's small car "can't hold a candle to the Fit's packaging, space, and versatility." Indeed -- one staffer used the car extensively last week to haul three bicycles to his storage unit (all at once, albeit with front wheels removed) and boxes upon boxes of Christmas décor on the return trip.

Although the EPA spoiled the surprise weeks ago by publishing the car's fuel economy online, GM would still like to announce this - the subcompact 2009 Pontiac G3.If it looks like a Chevrolet Aveo, it's because it is an Aveo.; While Americans have become accustomed to the Daewoo product wearing a bo

The 2009 Honda Fit may be go, but if you'd like to add either more go or show to the subcompact hatchback, you're in luck: Mugen accessories for the Fit will be officially sold through Honda dealers in the U.S.As the semi-official tuning wing of Honda Motor Company, Mugen's produced some wicked perf

Following on the heels of Nissan's announcement of the $10,685 2009 Nissan Versa 1.6 Base (destination charges included), Hyundai has nabbed the cheapest American car title, announcing new pricing for the 2009 Hyundai Accent GS 3-Door.

November 26, 2008

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